50 May You forgive Your people
who sinned against You
and all their rebellions[a] against You,
and may You give them compassion
in the eyes of their captors,
so that they may be compassionate to them.(A)

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  1. 1 Kings 8:50 Lit rebellions that they have rebelled

for when you return to Yahweh, your brothers and your sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land.(A) For Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful;(B) He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

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Though we are slaves,(A) our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has extended grace to us in the presence of the Persian kings,(B) giving us new life, so that we can rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins,(C) to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

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